Improvement in fare-boxes



'.l. T. M0 SES.

Fare-Boxes.

Patented April 21,1874..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JUDAH T. MOSES, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.V

IMPROVEMENT lN FARE-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,947, dated April 2l, 1874 application led I March 27, 1874.

the city and State of New York, have inventedl an Improvement in Farc-Boxes, of which the .following is a specification: f Stationary boxes have been employed in stages, railway-cars, and other vehicles, for the recept-ion of fares from passengers, and such vboxes are looked and can only be opened at the oiice of the company, or by a party with the proper key. These boxes are not convenient for passengers, and passengers can avoid paying when entering crowded cars.

My device is a portable fare-box to be carried in the hand by the conductor, and into which thefares are placed. My improvement consists in adouble swinging valve that Separates the irst and second receptacles in such a manner as to prevent the money being shaken out through` the saine opening at which it was received by inverting the box.

' double valve h -k is introduced, and moves upon the axis l, that is provided at one end with a head or button, mf, by means of which the valves h lc can be moved. The incline n extends upwardly from the valve h, so as to direct themoney as it falls upon the valve k, and a weight or spring, r, returns the parts to a normal position.

It will be seen that the money can be examined while it lies upon the valve 7c within the glazed frame e, and then the money will be dropped into the money-box a b by turning.

the head m and swinging the valves downwardly.

The valve 7c, being made as a plate of metal hinged loosely to the valve h, will swing and hang vertically if the fare-box is turned upon its side, and will retain the money even when the box is inverted; and this valve k is not under control by the button m when in this position, but hangs loosely, and ei'ectually prevents the abstraction of money. The handles t t allow the fare-box to be carried in the hand by the conductor.

A deflecting-shclf may be used, as shown by dotted lines at u, to aid in retaining the money. The box may be made of wood, metal, or any suitable material.

I claim as my inventionrllhe valves h and k, hinged together, in combination with the turning button m, connected to the axis of the valve h, and the box a b, and

frame e, containing glass, as Set forth.

Signed by me this 23d day of March, 187 4.

JUDAH T. MOSES.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINcKNEY, CHAS. H. SMITH. 

